Yuroke is a locality in
Victoria
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* Victoria (state), a state of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital
* Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...
,
Australia
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, north-west of
Melbourne's Central Business District
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, located within the
City of Hume
The City of Hume is a Local government areas of Victoria, local government area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. It includes the outer north-western suburbs, including the major cent ...
local government area
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. Yuroke recorded a population of 123 at the .
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Yuroke is located adjacent to the Melbourne Metropolitan Area, beyond the Urban Growth Boundary. It is located between Mickleham and Greenvale, on Mickleham Road.
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History
Yuroke gets its name from an Indigenous
Indigenous may refer to:
*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology)
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word, "Eurok Iguana", the meaning of which remains unclear.
See also
* Shire of Bulla
The Shire of Bulla was a Local government in Australia, local government area about northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1862 until 1994.
Histor ...
– Yuroke was previously within this former local government area.
* former Electoral district of Yuroke
References
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City of Hume